Plus: Updates on Blue Smoke and North End Grill; new restaurant for Wall Street.
Inside the eye. Plus: CB1 goes school hunting; 19 Beach real estate; 70 Pine; best restaurants in New York City; dining at Ninja.
Friends of Bogardus Plaza makes its case for a permanent plaza, and a new neighborhood beautification program. / 1 comment
Plus: Caroling opportunity; La Colombe T-shirts; CB1 main meeting moved; 50 Cent.
Plus: BPCA board meeting canceled; AOA restaurant; 101 Sixth Ave. sold (and union leaving); Pier A windows left open; 149 Franklin; Edward's runs afoul of the Health Department. / 1 comment
Plans for a new "great value steak restaurant"; Super Linda tries again for a sidewalk café permit (plus: new opening date); Edward's; big street fair this weekend.
"I saw a piece on CNN.com that says a monument to the special forces soldiers who attacked the Taliban after 9/11 is going to be installed on private property directly across from Ground Zero on Veterans Day. But where?" —Nicole UPDATE: Now we know.
Plus: Battery Park City dog costume parade; dissecting a sale at 27 N. Moore; CB1 committee wants a security camera on the Rector Place Bridge; OBAO in FiDi; Occupy Wall Street (sort of). / 2 comments
Plus: Laughing Man café and François Payard Bakery opening today/tomorrow (or not); more rooftop gizmos; a private gallery goes public; CB1 meeting relocated.
Bloomberg rattles his sword. Plus: "Real World" looking for OWS protester; luxury one-bedrooms; ferry exhaust; new FiDi pizzeria; turning down Tribeca. / 1 comment
Plus: 33 Vestry sells a unit; CB1 on school zoning; Tribeca Twelve. / 3 comments
There's not a whole lot of interest, to be totally honest. White & Church wants later hours, and Super Linda needs a sidewalk-seating permit, and there's some other stuff. / 1 comment
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Found the article with that quote. https://www.amny.com/news/fashions-private-eye-targets-canal-st-s-counterfeit-bags/ The article dates back to 2008, and yet no progress has been made... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
Good point. I remember there was an old interview when the interviewer asked one of the junk buyers, "Did you... — Marcus / What can be done about counterfeit vendors?
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